Reiseverlauf:
Jaguars are the only species of panther found in the
Americas and unlike other cats, are good swimmers,
heading to the river to feed on fish, turtle or caimans.
Scared of humans, it’s more common to tread over a
Jaguar’s muddy footprints than to be confronted by one
in the wild.

Day 1Picked up from your hotel
at 8am, you will being your 260 km journey to the small
town of San Jose, arriving three and a half hours later.

Here you will be provided lunch at one of the local
restaurants as well as be given time to photograph the
famous Jesuit Church located in the main plaza.

From San Jose you’ll head a further 90 km off road to
Kaa Iya National park. Make sure to keep your camera
ready during the drive as pumas, peccaries, toucans and
jaguars have been known to appear during this stretch.

Once inside the park, you’ll sign in
with the park rangers and set up your bedding and
equipment for the night. At the peak time of 4:30 pm
your guide will take you out for a trek along the
pipeline in search of jaguars and other wildlife. Big
cat and tapir tracks are extremely common along this
route and are an excellent indication of how many large
mammals live in the park.

After an 8pm dinner you will then be
given the option of a night drive with spotlights or a
night walk through the park before heading to bed for
the night.

Day 2
Waking at 5am in time for prime wildlife watching, you
will drive or walk around the Tucavaca area in search of
wildlife. You will also get to set up a camera trap in
an ideal location which you’ll return to at the end of
the tour to check for photos and/or videos.

After an 8am breakfast you will then
be taken on a 1.6km trek to one of the only water
sources in the area. During the walk you can expect to
see a lot of tapirs tracks and scats as well as Bolivian
titi monkeys which are frequent in the area.

A fresh lunch will be provided around
12:30pm, after which you can spend some time relaxing as
the heat of the day normally means most of the animals
are sleeping. For those looking for something to do, the
area around the camp is an excellent place for birding and
wildlife watching.

During the evening you’ll be taken on
a night drive covering most of the Tucavaca area in
search of big mammals and other nocturnal wildlife.

After being served dinner you will
again be given the choice of a night walk or drive
option before retiring for the day.

Day 3
At 5am you will leave with all your belongings on a 120
km drive along the pipeline to the Izozog Pumping
Station; home to the famous Kaiyana Jaguar.

In the past Nick and his team have had
excellent jaguar and tapir sightings during this stretch
of road so make sure to have your camera ready. The
drive will take up to 6 hours due to driving slowly to
maximize wildlife sightings so you’ll be given your breakfast
along the way.

After eating lunch around 1pm you’ll arrive
at Izozo Parkat, signing into the camp before heading
off on an afternoon walk around the Airfield – the area
of the park with the best recorded Jaguar sightings.
You’ll also get to check a camera trap which has
previously been placed, so fingers crossed for pictures
and videos.

After a well deserved rest back at the
camp, you’ll eat dinner and be given one last
opportunity to spot nocturnal wildlife during a night
walk or drive.

Day 4
Waking early, you will depart on the 120km drive back for an approximate arrival time of 4pm. The
drive home is peak time for wildlife viewing so keep
your eyes peeled along the way.
While the jaguar and big mammal tour
is an incredible experience, be aware that this tour is
not for everybody.
The conditions inside the park are
challenging with temperature’s often exceeding 40
degrees.
Infrastructure is basic, long periods of the
tour will involve being in a car spotlighting and early
mornings coupled with not much sleep are part and parcel
of the experience.
Another thing to note is that while your guide and his team have excellent success at seeing a
large variety of wildlife, it’s important to remember
that all animals at Kaa Iya are in their natural
environment, so big mammal sightings aren’t always guaranteed. That
being said, the guides are experts at finding wildlife
and will go out of their way to give you the best
viewing opportunities possible